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Keep this study
Lead
Johns Hopkins University
With
Lupus Research Alliance
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Patients with a clinical diagnosis of SLE, confirmed by a faculty rheumatologist at Johns Hopkins.
Patients must be 18 years of age or older
Give informed consent.
You may not be if
SLE patients with a known atherosclerotic event, such as angina, myocardial infarction, or stroke, with an abnormal lipid profile for which a statin would be standard of care, are excluded.
Pregnant patients (or patients planning to become pregnant in the next two years) are excluded.
Patients who have known chronic liver disease, have unexplained elevation of their liver enzymes greater than 2 times the upper limit of normal , or an elevated CPK greater than 1.5 times the upper limit of the normal value for the patient's racial group, are excluded.
Patients with triglycerides greater than 500 mg/dl or LDL greater than 190 in the absence of 2 risk factors (and who are unwilling to participate in a formal nutritional/lifestyle modification program that we recommend for them) are excluded.
